Best Lawn Sprinkler DIY - Without an Irrigation System- Build your own EASY

Looking for the best sprinkler for your lawn, garden or kids/pets? Make it yourself! DIY it's easy & cheap. Works amazing and can be completely customized. You can connect multiple sprinklers together for irrigation for your lawn. I show you how to build it fast and it should last a lifetime unlike the cheap ones you get in stores that break. Build it yourself with this fun DIY lawn project. If you dont have lawn sprinklers using several of these can be a great option to help keep your lawn green.

Parts List (Buy one of each, some come in multipacks) You can also visit your local
hardware store to buy these. Everything is sized for 3/4"

Sprinkler Heads:
Plus you can buy many other heads, some need a cheap screw in adapter to connect

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[SilverCymbal]

Thanks for watching, I hope you enjoyed this project. Parts listing is in the description.

[MarineSoldier]

You have just made my day, week, whatever. My yard is atrocious and as a disabled military retiree, I do not have the inclination to put all the effort into my yard. My old sprinkler system (inground) never really worked properly and so I have been looking for ways to revitalize my yard. I have close to an acre in a subdivision and on both sides in a patch of area, shared with my neighbors which will require precise and directional watering. This system is perfect. Most of my old heads are destroyed due to having been cut by lawn mowing, lack of maintenance, and disuse. Now, I can build a customizable system to best water my lawn without spending the thousands it would cost to have a new inground system installed or all the excessive parts for an above-ground system. Also, I love how I can expand, at will. Thank you and bless you for this.

[Gino]

This might be the single most helpful, valuable video I've ever seen in all my years on YouTube.

[GoggleAX]

For anyone having problems with the pvc to garden hose connectors coming apart under pressure, try a “Metal Double Female Adapter” for garden hoses. Attach the metal adapter to glued on 3/4 pvc slip to male garden hose fitting in place of the pvc adapter. So far mine has been much more durable. The metal adapters are often available in the garden section of home improvement/hardware stores.

[koch]

Great idea! I made 5 sprinklers for around $75! I ordered 4 of the orbit sprinklers (Amazon has two-packs) and nearly covered my entire yard (3/10s of an acre).
A few added suggestions:
- if you are using the orbit sprinklers, you can get the fitting that has a male connection on the end of an elbow to avoid buying an adapter.
- if wanting to connect multiple sprinklers, you can use a straight male fitting to save cost (or the elbow fitting with the male in the bullet above)
- I haven't yet done this, but you could also make a riser pipe out of PVC to further save cost

[whiz]

Make sure the sprinkler you build has a footprint large enough to support the height of the vertical pipe and sprinkler head. The distance from the bottom of the standpipe to the top of the sprinkler head should be the distance the base extends out in all directions to prevent the force from the water from tipping the sprinkler over.

[aviator]

I appreciate the effort and time you put into making this video and sharing your design. I build the DIY sprinkler-head base and it has help to keep my lawn watered. However, I would suggest you make all the legs of the design six (6) inches long to help balance the sprinkler head and keep it more vertical. Also, I found that depending on the grass height the design tends to rock as the sprinkler head rotates. I found that adding something like a weighted bag around the base of the hose attachment helps keep the design more stable and rock less. Overall, it is a clever design and easy to build. Great job and thank you!

[msk]

I agree with you I always loved the sound of brass sprinkler reminds of my younger days and something soothing about it

[GB-rbup]

I'm planning an in-ground sprinkler system, but I'm using this idea to get a practical understanding of each type of sprinkler head(and how many at one time) above the ground before I put them in. Thanks a lot.

[floraandfaunab]

I love the last one as it sounds nostalgic, I always get to the backyard whenever it is running. It bring back good backyard memories.

[im_crusty_two]

I've been looking all over for a way to raise an impact sprinkler above surrounding shrubs. Finally found it. Thanks.

[vickih]

My husband and I will be laying new top soil and grass seed once the frost leaves the ground and we will need a good watering system so I have been checking YouTube for ideas. When I saw your video I knew my search had ended. Wow !! This is one of the best and most informative videos I've watched in a while and for two reasons #1 - On other videos I've had to sit through the first several minutes hearing about the presenters personal woes or last Friday's date night disaster, blah, blah (you get the idea) but none of that with you. You got right to the point thank you very much and #2. You had everything laid out, ready to go, no muss no fuss just down to business with super easy to follow instructions. Again thank you very much. I'll keep watching for more of your videos :)

[JeffG]

Building mine this weekend!!! Thank you. I just got new sod and I am already tired of repositioning my oscillating sprinkler to cover the entire yard.

[dmcccarty]

You do a great job of presenting clean informative easy to follow videos.

[jerrylopez]

I also like option 3 with the brass... takes me back to when I was a young wi lad. 😆. Great video... again. 👍🏼

[davidlarsen]

We have tried everything except having a sprinkler system installed. Or I thought we had. This looks like a great setup that I am definitely going to try.

[mikec.]

I built this last year, on mistake, I broke the rotary sprinkler head before I had chance to use it. Finally used it this year and I keep saying I can’t believe it actually works. Best channel ever. I learn so much from you. Wife thinks I’m a genius.

[sascotttx]

I made some very similar sprinklers recently, and discovered a little problem. Placing an impact sprinkler head on top of a PVC riser enabled the sprinkler head to sort of rock back and forth, which would absorb some of the impact and cause the sprinkler to work less efficiently. Sometimes it would get stuck, instead of changing directions. So I came out of the cross and added a bushing and increased the pipe to 1-1/2", then added the 90 and the riser, and a threaded bushing at the top. For those that are concerned about reducing the flow because of the additional water in the riser, the flow actually increases. Inches of water column is measured in pounds per square inch, so you can increase the pipe to any size and the pressure will be the same, relative to the area. Also increasing the pipe size will reduce the friction loss as the water moves through the pipe.

[JohnMSawyer]

Cool. Kind of an above-ground version of a below-ground sprinkler system, with the added benefit of being able to move the sprinkler. This would also let you experiment with layout for a below-ground sprinkler system, testing coverage with various locations and sprinkler heads, before you commit to putting in the below-ground pipes.

[robinsonvargas]

Thank you so much I have been thinking how to make this for a long time without spending lots of money. Every drop counts!!!